Title :
ONERA AESA sensors developments
Author :
Baque, Remi ; Bonin, Gregory ; Dreuillet, Philippe
Author_Institution :
Electromagn. & Radar Dept., ONERA, Toulouse, France
Abstract :
Since a few years ONERA has been investing in new radar architecture concepts. CURACAO and Ramses NG are airborne radars based on AESA antennas, T/R-Modules and compact and modular microwave modules. This paper will describe these designs and first test results.
Keywords :
airborne radar; microwave devices; military radar; radar antennas; receiving antennas; sensors; synthetic aperture radar; transmitting antennas; AESA antennas; CURACAO; GMTI systems development; ONERA AESA sensors developments; Ramses NG; SAR systems development; airborne radars; compact microwave modules; modular microwave modules; radar architecture concepts; receiver-modules; transmitter-modules; Calibration; Field programmable gate arrays; Microwave antennas; Microwave oscillators; Synthetic aperture radar; Transmission line measurements; AESA antenna; GMTI; ONERA; SAR; T/R-Modules; prototype;
Conference_Titel :
Radar Conference (RadarCon), 2015 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Arlington, VA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-8231-8
DOI :
10.1109/RADAR.2015.7131076